The most popular educational games

Educational software programs are a peculiar kind of programs of various genres made with the intent of teaching. Gameplay, graphics and sound are still important aspects of educationals, but the main goal of the developer is to teach the player something: math, history, ecology, anything! Some educationals are created with a young audience in mind, other programs are aimed to a broader audience and appeal to adult gamers too: The Oregon Trail, Mario Teaches Typing and the Carmen Sandiego series are perfect examples of educational games.

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The Oregon Trail

DOS1990 MECC

Lego Loco

Windows XP/98/951998 Intelligent Games

Mario is Missing!

DOSMac OS1992 The Software Toolworks

Chessmaster 9000

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002 UBI Soft

Chessmaster 9000 is a chess game developed by Ubisoft and released in 2002. It's part of the Chessmaster series, which has been around since the 1980s. Chessmaster 9000 was known for its strong chess engine and comprehensive tutorial features, making it popular among both beginners and advanced players. The software also included annotated gam...

SimEarth

DOSWindows 3.x1990 Maxis

SimEarth is a simulation in which you can shape and mold a planet in almost every way you can imagine. In SimEarth our planet is simulated as a whole: life, climate, atmosphere are all aspects of a single Gaia-like Earth. SimEarth can be played in two modes: game and experimental. In game mode, you have to to develop (and preserve) Earth with limit...

Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets

DOS1993 The Learning Company

Skyglobe 3.5

DOS1992

SkyGlobe is an astronomy software that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was a DOS-based planetarium program that allowed users to explore the night sky in real-time or by adjusting dates and times. Some of its key features included: a rendering of stars, constellations, and planets, the ability to simulate past and future astr...

EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest

DOS1993 Sierra On-Line

Business Simulator

DOS1987 Reality Development

Business Simulator is an abandoned business simulation game developed and released by Reality Development in 1987 for DOS only. Business Simulator is a text-based management simulation designed by an university professor.

1893: A World's Fair Mystery

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003

1893: A World's Fair Mystery is an interactive fiction game developed by the American studio Illuminated Lantern and released in 2002. Set during the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the game combines historical fiction with mystery-solving gameplay.In 1893: A World's Fair Mystery, players take on the role of a detective investigating ...

Mixed-up Fairy Tales

DOS1991 Sierra On-Line

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS1989 Broderbund

Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sandiego, and her gang across different historical periods.The game was first released in 1989, followed by the TV show in...

Super Solvers: OutNumbered!

DOS1990 The Learning Company

Super Solvers: Operation Neptune

DOS1991 The Learning Company

Mario Teaches Typing

DOSMac OS1992 Interplay Productions

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe

DOS1992 Broderbund

Atomino

DOS1991 Play Byte

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS1985 Broderbund

The Amazon Trail

DOS1993 MECC

The Oregon Trail Deluxe

DOS1992 MECC

Designasaurus

DOS1988 Compton's NewMedia

Mickey's Runaway Zoo

DOS1991 Westwood Studios

Pepper's Adventures in Time